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| Specification | Mowag Piranha | Namer |
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| Type | Armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Switzerland[source] | Israel[source] |
| Used by | see Operators[source] Swiss Army[source]Mowag Piranha family · Swiss Army operator entry expressly scoped to Piranha IIIC; not evidence that other generations share this operator | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
| Designer | MOWAG Motor Car Factory, Kreuzlingen , Switzerland |
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Single source6.25 to 7.45 m (20 ft 6 in to 24 ft 5 in)[source]
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Israel Military Industries[source] |
| Manufacturer | MOWAG[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Produced | 1972–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | 12,000+ (incl. LAV and Stryker )[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Variants | Tank destroyer , C3 Command Vehicle, Medevac, APC, police vehicle, pioneer & construction vehicle[source] | — |
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| Armor | quick-mount selection, including defense against RPG , IED , NBC[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 1 × 12.7 mm MG turret, or MOWAG apex mount, grenade launcher, or TOW anti-tank missile.[source] | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Transmission | Allison MT-653 automatic 6-speed planetary gearbox[source] | — |
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| Suspension | hydropneumatic 6×6, 8×8 , or 10×10 wheeled[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | 300 L (66 imp gal; 79 US gal)[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Wars | — | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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